Charitybuzz, the global leader in online charity auctions, in
partnership with Yahoo! announced the results of the two week auction to
join Yahoo! CEO Marissa Mayer for lunch. Mayer generously donated her
time in an effort to raise funds for Aspire East Palo Alto Charter
School (EPACS). The auction winner Ralph C. Martin, CEO of EMIRAT AG
based out of Munich, Germany, will dine one-on-one with Mayer at the
Yahoo! headquarters in Sunnyvale, CA and learn what it is like to lead
one of the world’s most well-known tech companies.

“It is a great opportunity for us to donate to EPACS and into a project
that gives young people the tools to become successful students with all
these opportunities,” said winning bidder Ralph C. Martin. “I look
forward to meet one of the top managers in the world and think it will
be an interesting and fun lunch break.”

Ralph C. Martin (47) founded EMIRAT AG in 2004. Since then he managed
the company to be one of the most innovative promotional risk management
agencies in the world.

Net proceeds from the auction will benefit EPACS. Founded in 1997, EPACS
is a K-6 public charter school, part of Aspire Public Schools, dedicated
to preparing all students for success in college and beyond. Despite
serving 95% low-income students, EPACS and its sister high school,
Aspire East Palo Alto Phoenix Academy, boasts a 100% college acceptance
rate—for its entire history, all graduating seniors have been admitted
to four-year universities. Aspire Public Schools is a national
non-profit charter management organization serving over 12,500 students.
It is the highest-performing high-poverty school system in the state of
California.

“We are so appreciative of Mr. Martin's generosity and enthusiasm to
have such a positive impact on our students," said James Willcox, CEO of
Aspire Public Schools. "Thanks to supporters like Marissa Mayer our
local mission has national attention, and we are grateful for her time
and interest in Aspire EPACS."

Mayer joins a long list of influential business leaders and celebrity
icons who have auctioned their time through Charitybuzz to benefit
nonprofit organizations, including Tim Cook, President Clinton, Elon
Musk, Michael Bloomberg, Harvey Weinstein and many more. To date,
Charitybuzz has raised more than $80 million for nonprofits through its
online auctions with the world’s most powerful figures spanning
business, technology, entertainment, politics and sports.

"Charitybuzz is thrilled to have raised such a significant amount in
partnership with Marissa Mayer for EPACS’ exemplary programs preparing
students to thrive in high school, college and beyond. Our generous
winning bidder will have the chance to truly live his dream experience
with one-on-one access to one of the greatest minds in business, while
making a real difference in these students’ lives,” said Coppy Holzman,
CEO and Founder of Charitybuzz.